spots15.bsky.social

spots15.bsky.social

@spots15.bsky.social

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ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.

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ACLU: “Trump's deployment of federalized National Guard troops in response to protests is unnecessary, inflammatory, and an abuse of power. By taking this action, the Trump administration is… recklessly undermining our foundational democratic principle that the military should not police civilians"

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Last night at about 2AM, my family and I woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police after an arsonist set fire to the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg.

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Marco Rubio just announced 10 more people were sent to be imprisoned in CECOT. They were flown there from Gitmo to be imprisoned potentially for life based not on any crime for which they were convicted, but on unproven allegations of gang membership with no due process. This is not lawful.

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Russian assets are in charge of our national security. I strongly suspect Russia will soon have access to all our national security secrets, if they don't already. Never in my lifetime (before Trump) has anyone in the government claimed the US was "very good friends" with Russia.

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Trump and Putin: "We have two leaders of two great countries who are very good friends and very focused on how we can strengthen the shared objectives and shared interests."

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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.

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#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue 🧵FFS - In West Virginia, Republicans passed a bill allowing health care providers to "visually or physically examine a minor child” for the purpose of identifying their "biological sex" without the "consent of the child’s 1/4 www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/gop-...

lgbtqnation.comGOP lawmakers pass bill allowing child genital exams without parental consent - LGBTQ NationAnd that was actually an improvement over a previous version of the bill.

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Senate Democrats, At the end of today, you're either going to own the shutdown or you're going own Trump's agenda of chaos and destruction. Choose wisely.

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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

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If Linda McMahon and the Department of Education believe in "efficiency and accountability" (after laying off half of the department), then I'm sure they'll gladly publish a list of every position that has been eliminated and why that position is no longer needed.

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You have $100 in your checking account. One day, you check your balance and it's $60. You haven't made any withdrawals. You call the bank. They say $40 was taken as part of their "waste, fraud and abuse" program. Would you be ok with it? Coz it's happening to your social security and Medicaid.

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I’m deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my colleague, Sylvester Turner from Houston, a city which he loved and dedicated his life to serving. My thoughts are with his friends, family, and community during this difficult time.

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BREAKING -- Hungary to be STRIPPED of voting rights in European Parliament for engaging in pro-Putin, anti-Ukraine obstructionism Excellent news. Now kick them out of the EU entirely.

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Super-shocked. The ambush was a pretext to illegally impound Ukraine aid.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump orders pausing of US military aid for Ukraine after Oval Office blowup, pressuring Zelenskyy on Russia talks.

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BREAKING: Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, sues HHS, alleging that HHS's refusal to pay $36 million in open grant agreements has resulted in "over 100,000 eligible individuals and families losing access to critical services" and layoffs and furloughs across partner agencies.

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“We are witnessing a frontal assault on America’s institutions and if it succeeds, the US will be in serious trouble. When it comes to courts and the military, everyone needs to pay attention. If judges and soldiers are neutralized or captured, democracy dies.”

publicnotice.coMarcel Dirsus on the rise and fall of tyrants"The tyrant usually tries to destroy as many institutions as possible because they’re constraints on his power."

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He is incompetent

Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social

"Just a big mess": Musk's team claims credit for saving $53.7 million for "canceling" a federal contract that in fact was just for $144,000 and was actually completed 20 years ago. @Fahrenthold.bsky.social @sangerkatz.bsky.social @jsvine.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

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"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary. It can't get a distributor in the US. Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.

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This is not an effort to roll back "DEI" It's an effort to roll back civil rights "Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"

washingtonpost.comTrump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret planLegal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.

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At least Zelenskyy tried but as I said Ukraine and the rest of Europe are on their own and need to tell the Kremlin owned Trump regime to go to hell. And Vance has been a vile Russian spewing propagandist

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Trump & Vance are monsters. Just absolutely shocking to bring one of the leaders of the free world into the Oval Office and dress him down to demand he thank Trump for Trump's greatness, while this actual leader tries to protect capitalistic democracy from Trump's flailing autocratic petrostate boss

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media